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Period: Early 19th Century
Early 19th Century Oil Portrait of a Handsome Young Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 19th century oil portrait of a handsome young man
An original painting of a young man wearing his best suit of clothes.
Original oil on ...
Category
American Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Corner Cupboard top Circa 1830's Farmhouse
Located in Newfoundland, PA
This is an absolutely stunning early 1800's corner cupboard top, someone many years ago separated this from the base. I purchased it more than 20 years ago for my 18th century farmho...
Category
American Primitive Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Antique Japanese Recycled Zanshi-Ori Futon Cover
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Recycled Zanshi-Ori Futon Cover
Zanshi-ori cloth is woven from leftover or repurposed threads, either from commercial kimono production or home produced recycled co...
Category
Japanese Taisho Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Antique early 19th century Icon of with Archangel Michael and Archangel Gabriel
By Alexander Ivanovich Piskarev
Located in Vienna, AT
A christian icon is a religious Artwork to pay homage to the saints and archeangels.
Icon of the Holy Archangels painted by hand on nutwood, this icon is designed to last. The color...
Category
Ukrainian Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Nutwood
American Diminutive Gilt Copper Eagle Weathervane on Iron Stand, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American diminutive gilt copper spread eagle weathervane mounted on squared iron stand, Early 19th century. Squared iron base is 4.75 inches .
Category
American American Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Early American Painted Trencher
Located in Branford, CT
Trencher in original deep red paint. New England, circa 1820
H 5-3/4" L 14" W 22-1/4".
Condition: Old repaired crack visible in images.
Category
American American Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Austrian Hiking Staff
Located in Chicago, IL
This one-of-a-kind Austrian hiking staff has been handcrafted from solid oak. Oak is a relatively lightweight yet sturdy material, which lends itself perf...
Category
Austrian Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Brass
19th Century Native American Nez Perce Beaded Belt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Nez Perce beaded belt on harness leather adorned with brass diamonds in the center. Trunk piece - stored and in great condition. Beautiful colors of blues, reds, whites, orange and g...
Category
American Native American Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Beads
Early 19th Century Child's Windsor Chair
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Early 19th century child's windsor chair.
Category
American Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Authentic Signed Royal Armor - Backplate of the Cuirassiers under Charles X
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Discover an authentic and signed piece of French military history: a backplate from the royal cuirassiers dating to the reign of Charles X (1824–1830).
Inscription on the armor:
“Ma...
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Genuine wooden palmwine cup from the Kuba / Lele tribe DR Congo
By Kuba
Located in Bilzen, BE
A genuine carved wooden palmwine cup from the Kuba / Lele tribe DR Congo.
First half 20th century
Tribal aged using patina
Heigth 21.5 cm
Category
Tribal Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Marble Urn
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique 18th century Neoclassical style marble urn.
Beautifully carved into white statuary marble, this hand-carved urn is an excellent sculpture, featuring a detailed drape and ...
Category
English Grand Tour Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Ula Trowing Club Drisia Archipelago Of The Fiji Islands - 19th Century Oceanic
Located in Leuven, BE
Fijian Ula throwing wooden war club of the Ula Drisia type - Archipelago Of The Fiji Islands - Oceania - Polynesian art
Country : Fiji
Period: 19th Century ca 1800
Length: 40 cm
A...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Folk Art Portrait Painting "Young Girl In a Red Dress", American, Circa 1825
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely full length portrait of a young girl in this folk art painting; oil on canvas mounted on board. She is posing wearing an attractive and colorful red dress while holding a flor...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Four Meissen Porcelain Plaques Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in London, GB
This delicately detailed set of four allegorical porcelain plaques portrays family scenes within the theme of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Spring can be ide...
Category
German Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Pair of Italian Gilt Carved Wood Demilune Acanthus Wall Brackets, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian gilt carved wood demilune wall brackets with scrolled foliage acanthus motif. All original. Early 19th Century.
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Antique Danish Wooden Mangle Board Wedding Love Gift with Horse Dated 1814
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Danish mangle board (clothing and bedding press) dated 1814.
It is made from oak wood which is hand carved and richly decorated abstract geometric flowers and branches with leaves a...
Category
Scandinavian Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Early 19th Century Carved Court Jesters Figural Carvings
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A very fine pair of early 19th century carved figures, of Court Jesters
These bearded gentlemen have been superbly carved in the finest detail, they original came from a piece of ea...
Category
English Country Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Folk-Art Bridal Chest, 1826
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
German pine bridal chest made in 1826 for a certain Jacob Sallberger. Hand-painted with beautiful fine details. The iron hinges and handles are hand-forged. The key and lock are orig...
Category
German Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century English Tiny Clogs, Children's or Doll Shoes
Located in Delft, NL
Early 19th Century English Tiny Clogs, Children's or Doll Shoes
English clogs and is made from leather and has wooden soles
The shoes has a tongue, stitching and nails.
They are in ...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique early 19th century Icon hand-painted "Maria and the priest"
By Alexander Ivanovich Piskarev
Located in Vienna, AT
Saints Peter and Maria, handmade copy of an old Cyrillic icon, Eastern icon, comes from the region Ukraine, religious gift
It looks like an old oil painting
Category
Ukrainian Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Nutwood
American Miniature Folk Art Portrait Of a Young Gentleman
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning little american folkhart water color of a young gentleman. Sitting with his arm over the back of what appears to be a tiger maple chair of the period. In the lower right corner we can see what is a tiger maple table...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper, Paint
Large Antique Hand-Painted English Grandfather Clock Commemorating Lord Nelson
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and substantial antique grandfather clock was made in 1805 by William Whitaker of England with hand-painted artistry by Alker of Wigen to commemorate the life and dea...
Category
English George III Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Swiss Bread Board
Located in grand Lancy, CH
19th Century Swiss Bread Board dated 1802 and monogram H W
Category
Swiss Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Original Oil Painting of Girl by Harry Roseland
By Harry Roseland
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Original Oil Painting of Girl by Harry Roseland. Painting is in excellent shape for its age. Harry Roseland was a New York painter who lived from 1866 to 1957. Known for his cand...
Category
American American Classical Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paint
American 19th Century Painted Folk Art Marriage Chest and Hanging Cupboard
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
American 19th century painted Folk Art marriage chest and hanging cupboard
A very rare and unusual American painted Folk Art Marriage chest and hanging cupboard, the cupboard has ...
Category
North American American Craftsman Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century Polish Brass Hanukkah Lamp Menorah
Located in New York, NY
Brass Hanukkah lamp Menorah, Poland, circa 1810.
Cast in Bench form, on four feet. The backplate is cast and pierced featuring scrollwork.
This lamp was made by the technique known as "sand casting". This process begins with a wooden mold that was carved out to create negative space, which in turn is used to make the inverse form or shape to be used for the casting of metal. The mold is pressed into fine sand mixed with clay, then removed, and molten brass poured into the impression. When a mold wears out, a casting from that mold is often used as the mold for the next generation. Those later lamps...
Category
Polish Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Measuring Stick
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century measuring stick
One of the most unusual and tactile objects we have uncovered for our store. A hand carved early 19th century four...
Category
Tibetan Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
John Brewster attributed Portrait of Dr.Jostan Osgood (1742-1812)
Located in Sharon, CT
Identity of the sitter ( Dr.Jostan Osgood 1742-1812) given on an old label on back.
Unique to Brewsters' paintings is an air of silence and stillness. He also
captures the spirit an...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century Swedish Dugout Bowl
Located in Brecht, BE
A lovely dugout Swedish bowl, with rests of old red paint. Dated 1821.
Category
Swedish Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19thc Original Paint Decorated Pennsylvania Doll Cradle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original paint decorated doll cradle from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This Pennsylvania German Dutch doll cradle is in a bitter sweet painted sur...
Category
American Adirondack Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Nippon Sento Ships Lantern
Located in Norwell, MA
Very heavy authentic ships port side lantern from Tokyo Japan. With polished copper case, sturdy and thick brass trim, flanges, hinges and protective bars. The clear glass fresnel le...
Category
Asian Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Medal In memory of the gunpowder ship disaster on January 12
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Obverse: VIRTUTIS SOCIIS FRATERNO MORE LIGATIS PROSPERA CONTINGIT CLAUDERE LUSTRA DECIM DIE 19 OCT. 5807, all-seeing eye in a halo, woman in draped robe and with sun on her chest, kn...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Wooden Diptych, Lyre Players, 19th Century
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Wooden Diptych, Lyre players, 19th century
Painting on wooden panel
Measures: L 30 x H 75 x P 2 cm
Signed.
Category
European Other Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Colonial Wrought Iron Cross
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Colonial Wrought Iron Cross.
Category
Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th C Oil Painting Of Chrysanthemums
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Early 20th C oil painting of Chrysanthemums. Nicely Framed in an Arts & Crafts Lemon gold wood frame.
Category
American Adirondack Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Wood
19th Century Original Painted Corner Cupboard from Pennsylvania, 2 Pcs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century super rare original painted two-piece corner cupboard from Pennsylvania. Amazing dental crown molding and dovetailed case. This folky spotted undisturbed surface corner ...
Category
American Country Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early Watercolor View of a Sailor with Pet Bird, circa 1800
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique watercolor view of a sailor with pet bird, circa 1800, a lovely detailed painting of a sailor seated in rough chair, tenderly spoon feeding a finch pe...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Early 1800s Wrought Iron Mbili African Currenzy on Metal Stand
Located in New York, NY
Rare Mbili currency used in the Ngbaka, Lobala and Bangala tribes in Congo. Circa Early 1800s, this spear point form is made in iron. It was used as a ma...
Category
Congolese Tribal Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Grey-Brown Italian Oversized Marble Mortar & Pestle, Antique Décor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Early 19th Century, a set of an oversized mortar made of hand crafted white marble with a wooden Oakwood pestle, in good condition. This fun set was on display in a pharmacy in Milan...
Category
Italian Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Marble
Toy Horse from Sweden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A toy horse with a hair-on-hide leather body and glass eyes. The body is carved pine, sheathed in cow skin with only partial fur remaining, Basically the skin is parchment with som...
Category
Swedish Restauration Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
19th Century Hand Blown Canister Jars with Tin Lids Jars, Collection of Three
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This collection of three hand blown jars all have the original tin lids. The condition is very good.
It is very hard to find these storage canisters...
Category
American Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin
19thc Decorated Stone Ware Crock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc original decorated blue crock with double handles. The condition is very good with minor tiny chips on inner lip.
Category
American Country Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A large Nelson commemorative armorial pier glass. This George III giltwood mirror has a rectangular glass plate below a shaped cornice with a central coat of arms for Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805) flanked by foliate tendrils on a painted black ground. The sides consist of paired tied-reed columns with palm frond capitals enclosing similar black painted panels of fruiting vine tendrils rising from classical vases. English, circa 1805.
See Wick Antiques, Britain on the High Seas: From Nelson to Churchill, pp.76-77, for a very similar giltwood mirror from a group at Merton Place, the house in Surrey which the Admiral shared with his mistress Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815). They all featured his coat of arms surmounted by a baron’s coronet...
Category
English Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Giltwood
Original Painted Signed and dated 1818 Pantry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Early & original painted signed & dated 1818 pantry box with the lid. This finely decorated pantry box is in very good condition.Probably from Europe.
Category
Canadian Adirondack Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Chrome Yellow, Paint Decorated Settee
Located in York County, PA
Chrome yellow, paint-decorated settee in an unusual triple-back-slat design with bold, shield-shaped spindles, circa 1820-1830.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Swedish Travelling Writing Desk Originalpaint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century writing desk from Lulea Norrbotten, North of Sweden.
Untouched original painting with beautiful floralpainting & initials. Dated 1817.
This is a weddingift.
No lock o...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of South American Perfume or Incense Burners in Silver
Located in Brussels, BE
Silver tested but not stamped.
Category
South American Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silver
Early 19Thc Hand Carved Wood Canister
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19thc hand carved wood canister inlaid bottom & top.
Category
American Country Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
18th/19th Century Italian Baroque Silvered Metal Altar Monstrance Reliquary
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning antique Italian Baroque style silvered metal gilded wood monstrance reliquary. circa 1770-1820
Handmade in Italy in the late 18th / early 19th century, commissioned by the church to display an important religious relic, sculptural painted wood form, mounted with decorative silver repousse metal facing, open oval window where the philatory relic was once housed, rising on a gold gilt painted shaped plinth base.
Dimensions: (approx)
17" High, 8" Wide, 5" Deep, 1.25lbs
History:
Reliquaries (also referred to as a shrine or châsse in French), are containers used to protect and display relics. A portable reliquary may be called a fereter, and a chapel in which it is housed a feretory. A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated Eucharistic host during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. It is also used as reliquary for the public display of relics of some saints.
The use of reliquaries became an important part of Christian practices from at least the 4th century, initially in the Eastern Churches, which adopted the practice of moving and dividing the bodies of saints much earlier than the West, probably in part because the new capital of Constantinople, unlike Rome, lacked buried saints. Relics are venerated in the Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and some Anglican Churches. Reliquaries provide a means of protecting and displaying relics. While frequently taking the form of caskets, they range in size from simple pendants or rings to very elaborate ossuaries.
The relics were enshrined in containers crafted of or covered with gold, silver, gems, and enamel. These objects constituted a important form of artistic production across Europe and Byzantium throughout the Middle Ages.
Many were designed with portability in mind, often being exhibited in public or carried in procession on the saint's feast day or on other holy days. Pilgrimages often centered on the veneration of relics. The faithful often venerate relics by bowing before the reliquary or kissing it; those churches which observe the veneration of relics distinguish between the honor given to the saints and the worship that is due to God alone.
Sixteenth-century reformers such as Martin Luther opposed the use of relics since many had no proof of historical authenticity and objected to a cult of saints. Many reliquaries, particularly in northern Europe, were destroyed by Calvinists or Calvinist sympathizers during the Reformation...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Early Dutch Antique Brass Bird Cage
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 19th century brass bird cage, circa 1810-1830
The bird cage has two bird seed containers that attaches to the cage.
Category
Dutch Baroque Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Iron
Swedish Sewing Table, Adjustable
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful original painted Folk Art Swedish Sewing Stand, circa 1830. Presented in its original soft yellow color scheme with hand painted bows and flowers.
Adjustable Wooden Pincush...
Category
Swedish Rococo Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Wood
Sioux Three-Piece Pipe with Man Effigy
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Pawnee/Sioux man figure pipe, with three-piece hand-carved spooled Catlinite stem; over 36". Important museum/ investment quality.
Period: First half of the 19th century
Origin: Pa...
Category
Native American Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Mocha Pottery Jug with Earthworm Designs
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mocha Pottery Earthworm Jug,
circa 1820
The mocha pottery jug has two wide ocher bands each with an earthworm design. The top with a looping design and the lower one with a wavy ...
Category
English Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
Genuine carved wooden statue from the Lobi tribe, Ghana Burkina Faso, early 1900
By Lobi People
Located in Bilzen, BE
Finely carved large geometric figure from the Lobi tribe, Ghana and Burkina Faso, dating from the early 20th century. I Carved from hard wood with fine small adze marks creating a v...
Category
Ghanaian Tribal Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Painted Casket Dominoes Set
Located in London, GB
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Painted Casket Dominoes Set
A stunning example of an early 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war hand painted casket dominos set. One of th...
Category
French Folk Art Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
19Thc Schoharie County, New York Paint Decorated Blanket Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paint decorated blanket chest. Schoharie County, New York. Blue
paint with yellow, red black and green. Painted initials E.M.D. on
front. Dov...
Category
American Country Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Navajo Carpet, Handmade Wool, Ivory, Beige, Gray and Brown
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the four corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly rega...
Category
North American Navajo Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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